The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... design : but as people in great ftraits , bring forth their hoards of old gold and most valued jewels ; fo Sappho had recourse to her hid treasure of Letters , and played off not only your's to me , but all thofe to herself ( as the ...
... design : but as people in great ftraits , bring forth their hoards of old gold and most valued jewels ; fo Sappho had recourse to her hid treasure of Letters , and played off not only your's to me , but all thofe to herself ( as the ...
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... design your country- beauty of a mufe fhall appear at court and in pub- lic to out - fhine all the farded , lewd , confident , af- fected Town - dowdies , who aim at being honour'd only to their fhame : but her artful innocence ( on the ...
... design your country- beauty of a mufe fhall appear at court and in pub- lic to out - fhine all the farded , lewd , confident , af- fected Town - dowdies , who aim at being honour'd only to their fhame : but her artful innocence ( on the ...
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... well against a Perpetual Dictator . The whigs are unwilling to be diftanc'd this way , and therefore design a present to the fame Cato very speedily ; in Himself . the the mean time they are getting ready as good a 156 LETTERS TO AND.
... well against a Perpetual Dictator . The whigs are unwilling to be diftanc'd this way , and therefore design a present to the fame Cato very speedily ; in Himself . the the mean time they are getting ready as good a 156 LETTERS TO AND.
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... design of tranflating Homer . The trials which you have already made and publifhel on fome parts of that author , have fhewn that you are equal to so great a tafk and you may therefore depend upon the ut- most services I can do you in ...
... design of tranflating Homer . The trials which you have already made and publifhel on fome parts of that author , have fhewn that you are equal to so great a tafk and you may therefore depend upon the ut- most services I can do you in ...
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... designs , of all friendships . But we must return ( thro ' our very condition of being ) to our narrow felves , and those things that affect ourselves : our paffions , our interests flow in upon us , and unphilofophize us into mere ...
... designs , of all friendships . But we must return ( thro ' our very condition of being ) to our narrow felves , and those things that affect ourselves : our paffions , our interests flow in upon us , and unphilofophize us into mere ...
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Seite 67 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Seite 188 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Seite 130 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning ; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks ; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what...
Seite 240 - Nothing, says he, I can bear it well enough ; but since we have the day before us, methinks it would be very pleasant for you to rest awhile under the woods.
Seite 67 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away In health of body; peace of mind; Quiet by day ; Sound sleep by night; study and ease Together mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Seite 212 - ... me to live agreeably in the town, or contentedly in the country, which is really all the difference I set between an easy fortune and a small one.
Seite 132 - ... to the falls of cataracts below, and the murmuring of the winds above. The gloomy verdure of Stonor succeeded to these, and then the shades of the evening overtook me.
Seite 67 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Seite 72 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...